Before and after images of LA buildings compared

BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt compares before and after pictures of the city showing the scale of the LA fires.

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Thousands of people have been evacuated and at least ten people are know to have died.

Follow the latest developments on the LA fires on the BBC live page.

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Timelapse shows rapid spread of Palisades wildfireA plume of smoke is seen billowing over Los Angeles in a video charting the wildfire's growth.

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